The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-01-07

Wiohou W PrOP'ti"Vo- 1"'o "ohi"" e"oh
proposed that her own sisters little six
year Claireine be made the victim and
her proposal was met with unan mous
approval. Four days before the sacri-
fee was to be consummated Jeanne
went over TO her sisters home and on
some pretext carried her off for WIS.,
it to Port-au-Princc, leaving the child
at home under the care of her uncle.
Congo. The two women had hardly
left the house when Congo took his
little neice over to the house of Floreal,
who bound her arms, stifled her cries
with gag, and then, bound as she was,
confined her in stuffy hole under the
altar in Voudoo temple. Here she
was kept, without food or drink, until
the night of New Years. Claireine's
mother, on the discovery OF her daugh-
ter's absence, made little search, Con-
60 having told her on her return home
that the child had strayed away, but one
of the Papalois had told her that Claire
inc was under the protection of the
Maitre d'Eau, who would take great
;arc of her, and she searched no furth-
81. When the time came for the sac
tfice the child was taken out of her
miserable pen and carried to her aunt
Jeanne's house. Here were assemblei
group of Voudoo. Jeanne, catching
Claireine by the waist, threw her to the
ground and held her in vicious grip.
while Floreal, with his brawny fingers
,iasped about her little throat, strang-
led her. The dead body was then hung
teet in the air and Floreal with
butchers knife. cut of the head, the
other wretches catching the blood in
pals as it poured from the headless
trunk. The body was flayed, the flesh
,ut from.thc bones and placed in large
bowls, the arms and legs placed entire
Upon wooden platters. and then the as
,emblage, bearing Claireine's head
sloft at their head, marched in process
sion to Florea's house, singing sacred
songs as they went Arriving there,
Ill the preparations were made for the
celebration of the grisly feast. Jeanne
cooked the child's flesh, making a can
aibal stew, and Floreal made soup,
Favored with yams. of the head.
THE wRETCHEs BROUGHT TO TRIAL.
Confined in an adjoining room were
woman and young girl. The lat
ter, as 1t was afterwards learned, was
In the woman's keeping as an intended
sacrifice, and through crevice in the
ough partition they were witnesses to
the CHASTITY orgies which followed. The
cooked flesh was handed around, every
person present partaking of some of it,
and the soup was eaten from big
earthen pot, each one helping himself
or herself with a small dipper. The
feast over, drink was produced, and
the whole night was given up to drunk
,nness and debauchery. The girl was
invited but refused to eat. and by
Papaloi's order was placed in the pen
under the altar so recently occupied by
poor little Claireine. while she, too.
was to be kept until the time for her
death, already fixed for the next day,
should arrive.
BY fortunate accident one Of Geff-
rards upright police officials had heard
Of Claireine's disappearance on the day
before they strangled her and at once
instituted vigorous search, The po-
ice found the temple at last but too
late. But they discovered the girl
bound nnder the altar, and from infor-
nation given by her the officials went
10 Floreal's house. Most of the canni-
bal crowd had departed. but eight of
them, among whom we're the princi
pals, were still eating the flesh, and
they were arrested. Six others were
arrested, but as no evidence could be
had against them they were discharged.
The eight arrested-Congo Pelle,
Julien Nicolas. Floreal Apollon and
Guerrier Francois (men), and Jeanne
Pelle, Roseide Sumera, Nereide Fran
co.'s and Beyard Prosper (women)-
were tried in a criminal court in Port
au-Prince month after their arrest
During the trial the details were open
ly confessed by all the prisoners. and
other details, showing how the Haytian
country people we're given over to YOU
dooism. were developed.